Hardy update libnspr4-0d

Jim Smith jim at oz.net
Mon Jul 7 21:07:28 UTC 2008


David Dartnall wrote:
> Not sure if this the right place to report but no doubt I'll be told!
>
> All Hardy upgrade notices to date have been installed without hitch.
>
> Update 'libnspr4-0d' returned the following error message:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libnspr4-0d_4.7.1+1.9-0ubuntu0.8.04.2_i386.deb: 
> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libnspr4.so', which is also in package 
> libnspr4
>
> Can this just be ignored?
> And if so how do I tell the little upgrade icon to also ignore it?
>
> regards
> Dave Dartnall  (very happy Ubuntu user)
>
>   
It reportedly is fixed upstream in Debian. I used Synaptic to remove
libnspr4 then ran the upgrade and all was fine. I usually hold my breath
when doing that kind of fix as the possibilities of hosing one's system
are many.

Still working though.

YMMV

Jim




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